Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified for the first time since the shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, facing calls for his resignation from hundreds of current and former public health officials.

RFK Jr.'s views on vaccines and the CDC

Kennedy defended his overhaul of the agency, saying the changes were “necessary adjustments to restore the CDC to its role as the world’s gold-standard public health agency.” He added, “We are the sickest country in the world. That’s why we have to fire people at the CDC.”

The Senate Finance Committee hearing came a week after Kennedy fired CDC Director Susan Monarez and several high-profile officials resigned.

Democrats on the committee pressed Kennedy over his leadership, while the Trump administrat

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